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Want to make the most of your PDA? Whether you want to chat online, surf the
Web, or play music or video files, these top 10 ideas will give you plenty of
options for maximizing your connection.

1. Get a Wireless Connection

It is essential nowadays to have a wireless connection (WiFi) for your PDA.
With a wireless connection, you can surf the Internet using your PDA, often at
high speeds. All you need on your PDA is a web browser, as long as it is
WiFi-enabled.

PDAs often have web browsers installed out of the box. For example, PocketPCs
come with Internet Explorer installed on them. Other web browser options for
PDAs include the Opera browser, WebPro, NetFront, IBrowser, PalmBrowser, and the
EZWap browser.

If you set up a wireless LAN at home, you have the freedom to use your PDA
anywhere in the house (including from the comfort of your armchair) to get your
web emails (such as through
Yahoo! Mail or
Hotmail) or to just surf the
Web. You can use any of the mail clients (such as Outlook or Eudora) to get
emails via pop from your company or web host mail server.

Alternatively, within the United States, you can connect via wireless to the
Internet from a cafe, Borders bookshop, or Kinkos using a T-Mobile wireless
connection. Other wireless providers (such as Wayport Laptop Lanes) offer
connections in hotels and airports; at the time of this writing, a number of
large companies (including McDonald's) were about to put wireless
connections into stores. Many smaller cafes and stores are also providing this
option to customers, often at no charge.

The Palm i705, the Sony Clie TG37 and UX50, the Zire 72, the Tungsten T3 and
C, and all Blackberries come with WiFi access, as do most HP iPAQs, some of the
Dell Axim models, and many other PDAs/PocketPCs.